The makita plunge saw has been available in here for sometime now. The price is not much less than th festool and only one year guarantee. Today at my favourate tool shop the had both side by sid on the same rail a makita rail. That was a revelation the makita rails is a lot cheaper they have only two sizes 1400 and 3000 mm. Then there is the makita carrying case the only difference to festools systainer is the colour. The saw itself has some features not available on the festool it can bevel cut from -1 to 48 degrees it has positive stops on -1; 1; 22.5; 45 and 48 degrees. It has a slide lever which ensures that it will not tip when cutting bevels. Then there is a 2MM depth stopper for preliminary grooves for splinter free cuts. The best thing is the guide clamps is half the price of the festool clamps and fits on the mft. If anybody is interested in a fs-ks they have that as well its called a bevel guide set do not expect better performance it looks exactly the same did not try it, only saw the brochure. Now there is another source for systainers rails and clamps and I suppose splinter strips as well. Do not know what is the price difference on the systainers but I did buy a 3000 MM rail and some clamps.
Makita plunge saw
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Our local KMS Tools had one on display for a long time and for some reason I haven't seen it lately. I was never able to make a cut with it but was disappointed with the stamped metal base as it had all kinds of peaks and valleys.
Some of the features on the Makita sound interesting and I'd like to try one for comparison sakes.
The price for the Makita in Canada is very similar to the TS 55
Dan Clermont
Some of the features on the Makita sound interesting and I'd like to try one for comparison sakes.
The price for the Makita in Canada is very similar to the TS 55
Dan Clermont
I also bough the Makita long 3 m guide rail, the 3 m rail from Festool would have been 450 euros (auch), the Makita 3 m guiderail was 200 euros (not cheap that either, but a LOT cheaper than Festool). Even the regional sales person said that go with the Makita rail, it's exactly same stuff (well, it's not 100% the same, but it works), might even come from the same factory.
I also bough the clamps and the bevel thing. Word of warning on the bevel thing - the scale on it nowhere NEAR right, it's off at least by 1.5-2 degrees! Made in China...
I also bough the clamps and the bevel thing. Word of warning on the bevel thing - the scale on it nowhere NEAR right, it's off at least by 1.5-2 degrees! Made in China...
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jakiiski what are the differences between the Festool and Makita rails?
I just checked on the makita site, and according to the sp6000's manual (= link to pdf version )On page 5 there's a drawing that shows that the outer rib of the rail has a little ridge on the side for the anti-tilt-tab to hook under.
O, and a more obvious difference: the color of the glide strips... ;D
O, and a more obvious difference: the color of the glide strips... ;D
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Cannuck said:
I'm pretty sure it does not.
Hey everyone,
Would just like to say I have had the makita plunge saw for about a year now.
I honestly would not even consider buying this saw compared to the ts 55.
Mine has been nothing but trouble, its been sent back to makita twice for repair now. Both times it
has just stopped mid cut once im 18mm ply once in 12mm so nothing to heavy. I am now so frustrated with it might just bite the bullet and buy a festool.
One other thing is it really kicks back hard if you are making a cut out in the centre of a workpiece.
Would just like to say I have had the makita plunge saw for about a year now.
I honestly would not even consider buying this saw compared to the ts 55.
Mine has been nothing but trouble, its been sent back to makita twice for repair now. Both times it
has just stopped mid cut once im 18mm ply once in 12mm so nothing to heavy. I am now so frustrated with it might just bite the bullet and buy a festool.
One other thing is it really kicks back hard if you are making a cut out in the centre of a workpiece.
dwh87 said:
OK, I've accused others of being flag wavers....... so now it's my turn.
I've had the TS 55 since December and I love it for dealing with cuts I can't/don't want to make on my TS. I've never had kickback, the cut is clean, it's easy.... well you get the picture.
Steve
jakiiski said:
thats strange , here in Sweden a Festool 3000 mm rail cost about 300 euro .
a 1400mm rail cost 100 euro
i have the ts 55 at home and at work the makita and i would never trade my ts 55 for a makita plunge. one thing is verry strange is that the blade for the makita is verry hard to get , it takes almost 2 weeks to order it . but for festool i can pick it up in 10 min
Fredrik.e said:
Even stranger, here in the UK I can get a Festool 3m rail for roughly 200 euros, a 1.4m for about 65 euros; and here I was thinking we paid the most for everything
In comparison, the Makita rails here are 155 and 57 euros respectively, so cheaper, but not that much cheaper...
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Just a small note but both the DeWalt and Makita plunge cut saw run a 165mm blade. Just an FYI...
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